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Full name Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut
Born August 1, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 26 years 347 days
Major teams Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Tasmania
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 17 32 2 759 92 25.30 1098 69.12 0 5 89 19 13 0
ODIs 47 36 8 533 63* 19.03 505 105.54 0 4 53 10 10 0
First-class 49 75 4 2041 194 28.74 2 12 34 0
List A 72 55 9 798 63* 17.34 0 5 16 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 17 2934 1782 51 5/73 8/110 34.94 3.64 57.52 1 3 0
ODIs 47 2059 1779 41 4/43 4/43 43.39 5.18 50.21 1 0 0
First-class 49 7272 4347 125 5/73 34.77 3.58 58.17 3 0
List A 72 3022 2636 61 4/43 4/43 43.21 5.23 49.54 1 0 0
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Test debut Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo - Apr 19-22, 2001
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Last Test South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion - Mar 11-13, 2005
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ODI debut West Indies v Zimbabwe at Singapore - Sep 2, 1999
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Last ODI Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare - Mar 12, 2004 scorecard
First-class span 1997/98 - 2004/05
List A span 1997/98 - 2004
A laid-back character, Blignaut hails from an
Afrikaner farming family, as his forenames (Arnoldus Mauritius)
suggest. His stronger suit is his pace bowling, and he returned the
best figures by a Zimbabwean on Test debut - 5 for 73 in the first
Test against Bangladesh at Bulawayo in April 2001. He also managed a
first-ball duck in his maiden Test innings, although as a
strokeplaying left-hander, he has a terrific eye for the ball. A
fine fielder as well. After growing disenchanted with the game he
sat out the 2001-02 season, amid reports of disputes with
administrators and fellow players. He pursued a number of lines of
employment including, briefly, male modelling. But in August 2002 he
announced that he was returning, and in his first game back he took
5 for 79 against Pakistan. He then cemented his place back in the
team and put in steady performances during the 2003 World Cup and in
England later in the same year. But he was one of the 15 rebel
players who was involved in the stand-off with the Zimbabwe board
and was ultimately sacked by them. In June 2004 he joined the
growing exodus from Zimbabwe by signing for Tasmania, and also had a
brief stint with Durham during the English summer. But Tasmania
released him from his contract early - his spell was dogged by
injury - and in February 2005 he returned 'unconditionally' to
Zimbabwe.
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